Erastus Corning : : Merchant and Financier, 1794–1872 / / Irene D. Neu.
Creator and first president of the New York Central Railroad, Erastus Corning was one of the outstanding American businessmen of the midnineteenth century. Merchant and manufacturer, railroad promoter, land speculator, financier, and politician, he built a fortune from nothing to eight million dolla...
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Neu, Irene D., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Erastus Corning : Merchant and Financier, 1794–1872 / Irene D. Neu. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018] ©2018 1 online resource (226 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- I. "Cash in a/c with Trunk" -- II. Erastus Corning, Merchant -- III. Citizen of Albany -- IV. Man of Iron -- V. Man of the Rails, 1831-1853 -- VI. Erastus Corning, Banker -- VII. The Land Speculator: New York -- VIII. Western Land Speculations -- IX. Later Speculations in the West -- X. Corning of the Central -- XI. The Last Chapter -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Creator and first president of the New York Central Railroad, Erastus Corning was one of the outstanding American businessmen of the midnineteenth century. Merchant and manufacturer, railroad promoter, land speculator, financier, and politician, he built a fortune from nothing to eight million dollars. In her skillfully written biographical study, Professor Neu tells the story of this man's varied and highly successful career and, in the telling, traces the pattern of domestic mercantile activity in the early and middle years of the past century.Corning is best remembered as the "architect" of the New York Central Railroad, and the author has been particularly successful in explaining the process by which he lost control of it to Cornelius Vanderbilt. Here also is a unique account of the activities of a state bank in the 1830's, both interesting and important because it was one in "the wave of state bank incorporations" that attended Jackson's attack on the Bank of the United States. Professor Neu has done a thorough job of research in the sources and treated her material with historical detachment. Lucid in organization and style, her able work answers the need for a full-scale treatment of a man whose reputation was nationwide. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) U.S. History. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000 9783110536171 https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501729140 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501729140 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501729140/original |
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- I. "Cash in a/c with Trunk" -- II. Erastus Corning, Merchant -- III. Citizen of Albany -- IV. Man of Iron -- V. Man of the Rails, 1831-1853 -- VI. Erastus Corning, Banker -- VII. The Land Speculator: New York -- VIII. Western Land Speculations -- IX. Later Speculations in the West -- X. Corning of the Central -- XI. The Last Chapter -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- I. "Cash in a/c with Trunk" -- II. Erastus Corning, Merchant -- III. Citizen of Albany -- IV. Man of Iron -- V. Man of the Rails, 1831-1853 -- VI. Erastus Corning, Banker -- VII. The Land Speculator: New York -- VIII. Western Land Speculations -- IX. Later Speculations in the West -- X. Corning of the Central -- XI. The Last Chapter -- Bibliography -- Index |
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